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Dec. 15, 1931. J. E. PETERSON 1,836,936

REEL Filed May 6, 1930 INVENTOR, 7 5 John 5. lzerson,

I ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE JOHN E.PETERSON, OF IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO VAN VLAANDEREN MACHINECOMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY REELApplication filed May 6, 1930. Serial No. 450,214."

In the usual construction of reels used in dyeing there are a pluralityof rimmed spiders and the spaced slats forming the periphery of the reelare secured to the spiders by screws, as by providing lateral flanges asthe spider rims and entering screws from the inside of the flanges intothe slats. The

screws loosen and because they are of iron or steel to have thenecessary strength they soon corrode under the action of the dye liquor,so that the slats become loose and the integrity of the entire reelstructure is impaired. Besides, great care is required in boring thespider rims with the holes for the screws in order that in the completedreel the slats shall be equally spaced, and it is a tedious andlaborious operation to assemble properly the slats of such reels as thuscontructed.

I avoid these faults by providing the slat supporting rims of the reelwith spaced projections between which the slats may be arranged and ofwhich one at least in each pair forming a slat space has a retainingportion extending toward the other and of which one of them at least isbendable toward the other so as to bring said portion into retainingengagement with the interposed slat; in the preferred construction, theslats being as usual of impressionable material, as wood, the saidretaining portions are more or less sharp tangs adapted to impressthemselves into the slats. This makes possible an exceedingly strongreel structure whose parts may be readily and quickly assembled with theslats quite accurately spaced; also the ready removal of any slat whenit becomes worn or damaged. Further, if the rim is of brass or othernon-corrodible material and the projections are made integral therewithaccording to the best form there is the further advantage that looseningof the slats due to corrosion of their holding means will not occur.

In the drawings,

Fin. 1 is a perspective view of a reel embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of one of the spiders.

1 designates the reel shaft and 2 spiders secured thereon as by havingtheir hubs split at 3 and provided with screws 4 for clamping the hubsto the shaft, all substantially as usual. The spiders are preferablyformed of brass or equivalent non-corrodible material.

On the rim of each spider areprojections 5. II1 the example these arearranged in a circumferential series in equally spaced pairs, with theprojections in any one pair set apart the same as those in any otherpairso that any one of the slats, 6, which are all of the same width,will be adapted to be fitted to any one of the spaces. Each projectionhas a retaining portion, as a tang 7, projecting toward the other.

The rims being thus formed, in order to assemble each slat with eachspider rim it is only necessary to enter the slat into the space betweenthe projections of a pair and there upon cause one or each suchprojection to be bent toward the other'so that the retaining portion 7will engage the slat, in the present case by actually impressing itselfinto the slat which as usual is of yielding material, as wood.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is: l

1. A slat-supporting rim for a reel of the class described having acircumferentially extending series of projections spaced from each otherto receive between them the reel slats, one of the two projectionsforming each such space having a slat-retaining portion extending towardthe other and one of said projections being bendable toward the other tohold a slat interposed between them and cause said portion to retain theslat in said space.

2. In combination, a slat-supporting rim for a'reel of the classdescribed and slats arranged in a circumferential series around the rim,the rim having a circumferentially extending series of spacedprojections receiving the slats in the spaces between them, and theprojection at one side of each slat being bent toward the other andcoacting therewith to hold the slat and one such projection having aslat retaining portion engaging the slat.

3. In combination, a slat-supporting rim for a reel of the classdescribed and slats of yielding material arranged in a circumferentialseries around the rim, the rim having a circumferentially extendingseries of spaced projections receiving the slats in the spaces betweenthem, and the projection at one side of each slat being bent toward theother and coacting therewith to hold the slat and one such projectionhaving a slat retaining portion impressed in the slat.

4. A slat-supporting rim for a reel of the class described having acircumferentially extending series of integrally connected projectionsspaced from each other to receive between them the reel slats, one ofthe two projections forming each such space having a slat-retainingportion extending toward the other and one of said projections beingbendable toward the other to hold a slat interposed between them andcause said portion to retain the slat in said space.

5. In combination, a slat-supporting rim for a reel of the classdescribed and slats arranged in a circumferentially extending seriesaround the rim, the rim having a circumferentially extending series ofintegrally connected spaced projections receiving the slats in thespaces between them, and the projection at one side of each such slatbeing bent toward the other and coacting therewith to hold the slat andone such projection having a slat retaining portion engaging the slat.

6. In combination, a slat-supporting rim for a reel of the classdescribed and slats oi yielding material arranged in a circumferentiallyextending series around the rim, the rim having a circumferentiallyextending series of integrally connected spaced projections receivingthe slats in the spaces between them, and the projection at one side ofeach slat being bent toward the other and coacting therewith to hold theslat and one such projection having a slat retaining portion impressedin the slat.

In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN E. PETERSON.

